Airports / Australia / BQL
Boulia Airport
YBOU / BQLAustraliaELEV 542 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
89 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bedourie Airport (BEU).
Overview
Boulia Airport (YBOU / BQL) sits in Australia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 542 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BQL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Bedourie Airport (BEU, 89 nm), Mount Isa Airport (ISA, 137 nm), and Cloncurry Airport (CNJ, 139 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BQL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BQL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YBOU
IATA
BQL
FAA / Local
YBOU
Elevation
542 ft
Coordinates
22.9133° S · 139.9000° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 542 ft, BQL sits higher than 59% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 89nmBEUBedourie AirportBedourie
- 137nmISAMount Isa AirportMount Isa
- 139nmCNJCloncurry AirportCloncurry
- 180nmWINWinton Airport
- 182nmBVIBirdsville Airport
- 213nmWNRWindorah AirportWindorah
Location
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